National Watermelon Day is today (Friday)! To mark the occasion, join us in the quad between 2:30 and 3:30 p.m. in front of Minthorn for some watermelon fun. Fresh watermelon, refreshments, lawn games and yummy takeaway treats will be provided.
A big thank you to Bon Appetit for helping us make this happen. See you there!
The Office of Student Life is excited to announce the start of Bruin Community Pantry, an initiative seeking to address the real problem of hunger (“food insecurityâ€) on campus. It’s our goal to help meet the needs of community members who, for one reason or another, do not have access to enough healthy food.
Four different components of Bruin Community Pantry include:
Food Pantry
All George Fox community members have access to the pantry, located in the Roberts Center (Room 110). Community food drives will be held to provide non-perishable items for the pantry, and athletic teams will facilitate food drives during home games.
Contact student life for a list of items non-perishable food and household items needed for the pantry. Donations are now being accepted in the student life office on the third floor of the Stevens Center.
Hospitality
Partnerships with local businesses for “gifts in kindâ€Â have been established with Bon Appetit, Newberg’s Grocery Outlet and Ray’s Produce. A variety of pre-packaged foods are available for students, located at hospitality tables in the student life office, spiritual life office, and the Intercultural Resource Center (Moore House). The tables are open during office hours, which are generally 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.
The Duke Athletic Center will host a peanut butter and jelly sandwich bar that is available to all George Fox students.
Leftovers
The student life office will arrange for quality leftover food to be stored in a refrigerator in our office. All food donated will be adequately contained and dated. Food not picked up in the appropriate amount of time will be disposed of.
Students participating in this program can sign up by contacting our office. A waiver is required for anyone participating in the Leftovers program.
Outreach
Partnering with existing local outreach initiatives facilitated by spiritual life, students who want to support their efforts will be connected to their programs.
We live in a society with easy access to processed food. When you eat whole foods, you’re getting food in its natural state. This aspect of our outreach will endeavor to provide cooking classes in various living areas on campus using recipes from “Eat well on $4 a day, Good and Cheap.â€
For more information, please contact Jere Witherspoon in the student life office (jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2312).
We are thrilled to welcome 135 prospective students and parents to campus today (Friday) for our second Summer Visit Day. For many of these visitors, it will be their first time setting foot on campus. We are so thankful for your involvement in making this a magical experience for our students.
As a courtesy to our guests, please avoid parking in the Hoover and Stevens lots tomorrow so that they can arrive on campus with ease. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Kelly Friesen at ext. 2248.
FoxTALE will be upgraded on Friday, Aug. 17, and be unavailable from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m (Pacific Time) that day. We apologize for any inconvenience and invite you to check the “FoxTALE Changes for 2018-19 Courses.†You can also sign up for a webinar giving an overview of the changes.
Our top picks:
IT offers faculty development events prior to the start of fall semester that focus on FoxTALE features. We offer both face-to-face meetings and webinars. View the 2018 Fall Schedule of Events here.
Questions? Contact servicedesk@georgefox.edu or call 503-554-2569.
All employees, half time and above, are required to attend the all-community meeting​ (absences must be approved by your vice president)​, scheduled from 8 to 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 15, in the Canyon Commons dining hall on the Newberg campus. Coffee and danishes will be served beginning at 8 a.m., with the program to follow, and the event concludes with lunch served at 11:30 a.m.
The meeting will include a time of worship and devotions, ​an update from President Robin Baker and the VP team​​, and employee service awards. This year, service award recipients will be honored with the gift of your words. Please take a few moments to scroll through the list and create a card to say thank you or share a favorite memory by adding a comment under their name. We’ll print the comments on cards and present them at the meeting.
Contact Missy Terry at terrym@georgefox.edu with any questions. See you there!
We are thrilled to welcome 135 prospective students and parents to campus tomorrow (Friday) for our second Summer Visit Day. For many of these visitors, it will be their first time setting foot on campus. We are so thankful for your involvement in making this a magical experience for our students.
As a courtesy to our guests, please avoid parking in the Hoover and Stevens lots tomorrow so that they can arrive on campus with ease. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Kelly Friesen at ext. 2248.
We are looking for volunteers for this year’s Welcome Weekend and would love any help you can offer! This event is a great chance to connect with new students and their families as they begin their journey with us on campus. Volunteers are needed on Thursday, Aug. 23.
If you are interested in serving please click this link.
National Watermelon Day is approaching. To mark the occasion, join us in the quad on Friday, Aug. 3, between 2:30 and 3:30 p.m. in front of Minthorn for some watermelon fun. Fresh watermelon, refreshments, lawn games and yummy takeaway treats will be provided.
A big thank you to Bon Appetit for helping us make this happen. See you there!
Are you looking to hire a temporary employee and wish the hiring process could be shorter? Well, your prayers have been answered. Employee Empowerment has produced a shorter hiring timeline for new temporary hires. We can now get a new temporary employee hired in as few as 48 hours.
Please use the supervisor checklist to ensure you are expediting each step of the process, and make the Recruiting and Onboarding Data Wiki page a favorite to access recruiting and onboarding tools.
As always, I am a resource and available to answer your questions. Please reach out any time if you need help.
– Kara Holcombe (503-554-2189; kholmcombe@georgefox.edu)
In a few short weeks, the Hadlock Student Center will open with a number of new programs and services for students and employees. We are excited to share this beautiful new facility with the campus community and wanted to provide a venue to share more about our vision for this space and answer any questions you might have.
The final information session is scheduled for today (Wednesday) from 3 to 4 p.m. in the Canyon Commons meeting rooms. Light refreshments will be served.
We hope you will join us! Contact Rob Simpson (simpsonr@georgefox.edu) with questions.
We trust you are excited about the new Hadlock Student Center (HSC)! Assuming everything continues on schedule, the fitness center portion of the facility will be open with limited hours (tentatively 4 to 9 p.m.) beginning Monday, Aug. 27 (anticipated grand opening and full hours will begin Monday, Sept. 3). This is subject to change if there are unexpected delays in construction.
If you use the fitness center in Wheeler, you’ll notice most of the space has been cleared in anticipation of remodeling it for athletics’ use since the HSC will be opening soon. Due to this upcoming remodeling of the Wheeler fitness center space, some equipment has been moved into the adjacent dance studio space (Wheeler 211) for general student and employee use until the HSC opens. The squat racks are also still available for use and are in their original spot.
There are more limited hours for this interim space in Wheeler, as it will now be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday (closed Saturday and Sunday). We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience during this transitional period and trust that the new space in the HSC will make it worth the wait!
Questions? Contact Rob Simpson (simpsonr@georgefox.edu) regarding the HSC or Adam Puckett (apuckett@georgefox.edu) regarding the Wheeler Sports Center space.
This fall, George Fox is expecting a number of international students to join our student body. Their first point of contact with the school is international student orientation, which begins a week before the general new student orientation.
Our desire is to place all our incoming international students with host families during international orientation. What better first impression could they get than to experience the hospitality of an American Christian family? The students will be attending orientation sessions during the day but need a place to stay during the nights.
Would you be willing to host a new international student? The students will be arriving on Aug. 15 and Aug. 16 and be in orientation for a week. If our undergraduate students stayed on campus during this time, they would not be staying with their American roommates. Graduate students would not live on campus at all.
If interested, please contact Alex Pia (apia@georgefox.edu) for more information.
We’ve reached the end of the road on our culinary journey along Route 66. Our last stop is tomorrow (Wednesday), and we’ll be featuring California. We have a fantastic menu planned: California grilled fish tacos with traditional toppings, melon salad, and jicama slaw, along with dessert and a beverage, for just $6.95. Lunch will be served between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. on the patio outside the Klages Center.
We’ll also have our raffle drawing after lunch, so be sure to bring along your punch card. Anyone with four or more punches is eligible to enter, and we have a fun prize for the lucky winner.
See you Wednesday!
Join us for our next Search Advocate training to learn how to promote equitable hiring practices in the workplace and further encourage the Be Known promise. The workshop series establishes a theoretical foundation of current research about implicit bias and diversity, information about the changing legal landscape in hiring, and an overview of inclusive employment principles. Rebecca Hernandez and Laura Hartley will teach this two-day session Monday-Tuesday, August 13-14 from noon to 5 p.m. both days. Lunch will be provided.
If you are interested in signing up or learning more about becoming a Search Advocate, visit this link.
For questions, contact Rebecca Hernandez (rhernandez@georgefox.edu) or Laurie Fair (lfair@georgefox.edu).
The Office of the President has developed a Presidential Appearance Request Form that will assist in managing the president’s schedule. The president strives to accommodate as many engagement requests which support the mission of the university as possible. The completion of this form is required for anyone desiring the president (and spouse) be present and/or participate at an event.
We appreciate your patience with scheduling the president’s complex calendar. The link to the form can also be found on the President’s Office contact page and will be posted on the “Resources for Current Employees” and “Resources for Faculty” pages as well.
Please note: It is expected that the requestor has followed procedures and obtained the approval of their administrator prior to submitting the request.
With the school year approaching, many parents are starting to consider school clothes for this next year. What is your level of interest in a children’s clothing swap? Bring a bag, take a bag of good condition clothing ready for a new home.
If your family would participate, indicate your interest by completing this form. If enough are interested, we will make arrangements for an event in August before the start of the K-12 school year.
Questions? Contact Nichole Drew (ndrew@georgefox.edu).
The access road that runs in between Gulley Hall, Brandt Hall and Le Shana Hall is now closed for construction of the new residence hall. Access to the Le Shana parking lot is from Fulton St. only. Access to the North St. parking lot for staff and graduate students will continue to be from Villa St. via North St. Pedestrian access between the Le Shana and North St. parking lots is still accessible.
Questions? Contact Nadine Kincaid (nkincaid@georgefox.edu).
Only weeks remain before the opening of the new Hadlock Student Center (HSC)! Assuming everything continues on schedule, the fitness center portion of the facility will be open with limited hours (tentatively 4 to 9 p.m.) beginning Monday, Aug. 27, so that student staff can be adequately trained on the new equipment and protocols (anticipated grand opening and full hours will begin Monday, Sept. 3). This is subject to change if there are unexpected delays in construction.
If you use the current fitness center in Wheeler, you’ll notice that much of the older equipment has been moved out. Sometime in August, the large portion of the space will be remodeled for athletics’ use in light of the addition of women and men’s swimming and the continued growth in the number of student-athletes (currently 20 percent of our undergraduate student population). The smaller portion of the current facility (the free weight area) will be remodeled into a classroom during the fall semester.
Please note that because of remodeling and construction of new space, there will likely be a two- to three-week time frame in August when there will be no fitness center available for general campus use. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience for those who are regularly using this space and trust that the new space in the Hadlock Student Center will make it worth the wait!
Questions? Contact Brad Lau at blau@georgefox.edu.
In a few short weeks, the Hadlock Student Center will open with a number of new programs and services for students and employees. We are excited to share this beautiful new facility with the campus community and wanted to provide a venue to share more about our vision for this space and answer any questions you might have. These information sessions are scheduled for today (Thursday) from 3 to 4 p.m. and Wednesday, August 1 from 3 to 4 p.m. in the Canyon Commons meeting rooms. Light refreshments will be served.
We hope you will join us! Contact Rob Simpson (simpsonr@georgefox.edu) with questions.
Make plans to attend the all-employee meeting set from 3:30 to 5 p.m. today (Wednesday) in Canyon Commons (live streaming in PDS 160).
See you there!
